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Epidemiology of Plasmodium infections in Flores Island, Indonesia using real-time PCR

Overview of attention for article published in Malaria Journal, May 2013
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Title
Epidemiology of Plasmodium infections in Flores Island, Indonesia using real-time PCR
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Malaria Journal, May 2013
DOI 10.1186/1475-2875-12-169
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Authors

Maria MM Kaisar, Taniawati Supali, Aprilianto E Wiria, Firdaus Hamid, Linda J Wammes, Erliyani Sartono, Adrian JF Luty, Eric AT Brienen, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij

Abstract

BACKGROUND: DNA-based diagnostic methods have been shown to be highly sensitive and specific for the detection of malaria. An 18S-rRNA-based, real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to determine the prevalence and intensity of Plasmodium infections on Flores Island, Indonesia. METHODS: Microscopy and real-time multiplex PCR for the detection of Plasmodium species was performed on blood samples collected in a population-based study in Nangapanda Flores Island, Indonesia. RESULTS: A total 1,509 blood samples were analysed. Real-time PCR revealed prevalence for Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium malariae to be 14.5%, 13.2%, and 1.9% respectively. Sub-microscopic parasitaemia were found in more than 80% of all positive cases. The prevalence of P. falciparum and P. vivax was significantly higher in subjects younger than 20 years (p <= 0.01). In the present study, among non-symptomatic healthy individuals, anaemia was strongly correlated with the prevalence and load of P. falciparum infections (p <= 0.01; p = 0.02) and with the load of P. vivax infections (p = 0.01) as detected with real-time PCR. Subjects with AB blood group tend to have a higher risk of being infected with P. falciparum and P. vivax when compared to other blood groups. CONCLUSION: The present study has shown that real-time PCR provides more insight in the epidemiology of Plasmodium infections and can be used as a monitoring tool in the battle against malaria. The unsurpassed sensitivity of real-time PCR reveals that sub microscopic infections are common in this area, which are likely to play an important role in transmission and control.Trial registration: Trials number ISRCTN83830814.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Netherlands 1 1%
Unknown 95 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 19 19%
Student > Bachelor 14 14%
Lecturer 9 9%
Student > Master 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 6%
Other 20 20%
Unknown 22 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 21%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Environmental Science 4 4%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 27 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2016.
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#7,939,705
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#2,332
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Outputs of similar age
#64,965
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Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#35
of 82 outputs
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